Working remotely, 4 years in

The best way to work remotely: 8 proven strategies for better remote work

After years of working from coffee shops and couches, there's one thing I'm certain of: working remotely is hard. Incredibly hard. On paper, it sounds all rainbows and unicorns—you get to choose your own hours, you don't need to deal with a boss looming over your shoulder, and you can...

Working from Home and Phatic Communication

Working from home, being what’s called a remote worker, is a really fascinating frontier of Work. It’s fascinating both because as a paradigm, it creates new challenges, and it also mak…

Remote Work Productivity Study: Surprising Findings From a 4-Year Analysis

Explore key findings from a longitudinal remote work productivity study. Learn how working from home impacts performance and why productivity remains strong.

The 10 Things You Learn After One Month Of Remote Work | I Done This

At iDoneThis, we’ve got our team spread all across the world. Germany, Italy, New York, Wisconsin. The company has been remote from Day 1 and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Working from a home office or coworking space gives us the freedom to work how we want and…

The Stress of Remote Working | HackerNoon

In software engineering, remote working makes a lot of sense since, most of the time, you only need a computer and an internet connection to perform your duties. So there are fewer reasons to force people to sit in a predefined office everyday. Consequently, it has become an important feature of a lot of IT jobs, even in Belgium, while it is definitely not the most forward looking job market. That said, most of the time, the remote working offer only apply to a part of the week (1 or 2 days a week seems to be the most frequent proposition here). Nevertheless, it definitely is getting a hold in most companies.

Why I work remotely (hint: it has nothing to do with productivity).

Illustration by Nate Otto These are some of the things I can do because I’m fortunate to work for a company that lets me work from anywhere: Hug my kids and feed them breakfast before they lea…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Remote Work (After 5 Years of Experience)

Learning about working from home and location independent lifestyle was a true pivotal moment for me. Before that, I didn’t think much about the concept of “freedom at work” or anything like that. And even though the concept was a bit far-fetched for me at the time, I realized that it surely was something that I would… Read More »The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Remote Work (After 5 Years of Experience)

How to Make Remote Work: Part Two, Zulip

How I've learned to be productive working from home. I'll write a second guide about how I think about remote work as a manager and the processes Monadical have put into place to make things work for us.

The Provincial Life of the Digital Nomad

Remote-work programs help techies see the world—but not actually live in it.

8 things leaders of remote companies do differently

If you’re thinking of going remote, here’s what successful leaders of remote companies do… Earlier this month, I spoke with a CEO who’s looking to transition her company to become remote in the upcoming year.

36 important life and work lessons a top tech executive learned before turning 30

The days are long but the decades are short.

Working remotely, coworking spaces, and mental health - bitquabit

This should be a hard blog post to write–after all, it’s the one where I openly admit I had an emotional breakdown and saw a mental health professional–but it’s actually easy. And it’s easy because it has a good ending: facing long odds and a frustrating situation, I ended up turning everything around and getting a place where I love my job and I’m a happy person again.

Asynchronous Communication Is The Future Of Work | I Done This

Whether you fear its impersonal nature or thinks its the best thing since streaming television, asynchronous communication is here to stay Remote work is rising and online education is becoming more accepted and commonplace, both due to changing attitudes and the pandemic. These factors are only going to increase the…

Remote Control WFH ClubHouse Exclusive | Facebook

Our mission is to get people working remotely from the comfort of their homes so they can provide for their families. Everything shared here is legit and...